The first official trailer for Jonah Hex has debuted online, featuring Josh Brolin as the scarred wild-west gunslinger, Megan Fox as his squeeze and John Malkovich as a dastardly villain. It’s a little unusual that we’re only seeing the first footage from the film now – a mere month and a half before it hits […]
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Archive | April, 2010
Exit Through The Gift Shop heads to Australia
April 30, 2010 
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The acclaimed street art documentary Exit Through The Gift Shop will receive a limited Australian release this June through Madman Entertainment. The film was directed by the famously enigmatic street artist Banksy. It made its debut at Sundance earlier this year, where it received rave reviews. Exit Through The Gift Shop tells the story of […]
Read moreAng Lee to direct Life of Pi – in 3-D?!
April 29, 2010 0 Comments
Oscar winning director Ang Lee has long been rumoured to direct an adaptation of Yann Martel’s Booker prize-winning novel Life of Pi. It seems that the project may be closer to reaching our screens than ever before. According to Anne Thompson at Indiewire, producer Gil Netter is currently location scouting to find appropriate locales to […]
Read moreRelease the sequel! Clash of the Titans 2 is go
April 29, 2010 1 Comment
Warner Bros are gearing up for another Clash of the Titans film according to Deadline. No surprise considering the faux-3D first film has so-far grossed $US390 million worldwide (outside of the blockbuster period mind you). Director Louis Letterier will not return to helm the sequel, and can you blame him? He will instead act as […]
Read moreBill Condon to direct Breaking Dawn
April 29, 2010 0 Comments
Summit Entertainment have confirmed that director Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Gods and Monsters) will helm the final installment of The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn. It was reported back in March that Summit were courting Oscar-caliber directors for Breaking Dawn, including Condon, Sophia Coppola and Gus Van Sant . Condon won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar […]
Read moreThe Rundown: April 22-28
April 28, 2010 0 Comments
Hey Quickflixers! Welcome to the latest installment of The Rundown, a new feature that will appear on the blog every Wednesday, highlighting our favourite news items from the past 7 days, as well as notable box office and weekly rental figures. So, what did we learn this week? First up, Avatar broke (even more) records […]
Read moreHe’s steel got it – Iron Man 2 review
April 28, 2010 1 Comment
Iron Man 2 – Starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow and Sam Rockwell. Directed by Jon Favreau. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Iron Man bests the biggest adversaries of the superhero genre in his second outing: production troubles, sequel-bloat and overwhelming, unrestrained fanboy hype. Iron Man 2 – beyond all reasonable expectations – even raises […]
Read moreMust Watch: Synecdoche New York Q&A from Ebertfest 2010
April 27, 2010 1 Comment
Here is one for fans of Charlie Kaufman‘s 2008 masterpiece Synecdoche New York. Roger Ebert recently screened the film – which he considers the best of the past decade – at his Overlooked Film Festival (commonly known as Ebertfest). The screening was followed by a pretty great Q&A with director and screenwriter Kaufman. Check it […]
Read moreRidley Scott reveals details about Alien prequels
April 27, 2010 1 Comment
Ridley Scott has dropped a couple of tasty tidbits regarding his upcoming Alien prequel while out promoting Robin Hood. The most tantalising bits of info include the film’s plot, the use of 3D and a potential sequel. That’s right. A prequel sequel. We first heard about the Alien prequel back in June 2009. At that […]
Read moreHead to Head – Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith
April 27, 2010 1 Comment
Welcome to the latest edition of Head to Head, in which our Quickflix critic takes on our readers in a rip-snorting battle to the death! You pick the film, and we pick the fight! This week, Nathan Mifsud stacked up his midi-chlorians in favour of George Lucas‘ Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith. […]
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